April is Occupational Therapy month and a time for all clinicians to celebrate Occupational Therapy (OT) and the benefits OT’s provide our clients on a daily basis. Despite economic challenges and harsh reimbursement climates OT continues to establish itself as a science-driven, evidence-based profession that enables people of all ages live life to its fullest by helping them promote health, prevent—or live better with—injury, illness, or disability. This is accomplished through designing strategies for everyday living and customizing environments to develop and maximize potential.
By taking the full picture into account—a person’s psychological, physical, emotional, and social make-up—OT assists people in:
• Achieving their goals
• Functioning at the highest possible level
• Concentrating on what matters most to them
• Maintaining or rebuilding their independence
• Participating in the everyday activities that they need to do or that simply make life worth living
OT helps individuals design their lives, develop skills, adjust home, school, or work environments, and build health-promoting habits and routines. Occupational therapy uses everyday activities as the means to enable people to thrive. OT works to get beyond disability or limitations, creating ways for individuals to live life to its fullest no matter what.
Happy Occupational Therapy Month!!!
Gerard Mounic, OTD, OTR/L, BCPR, C/NDT, COS-C
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
In-House Home Health has the best OT’s. Thank you to Robert Behunin,OT; Fran Nichols, OT; Noe Castellanos,OT; Lisa Freeman, COTA; and Colleen Isaac, COTA for your hard work and dedication to improving the quality of our patients.
Happy Occupational Month!